Ophiopyrgoides trispinosus

Ophiopyrgoides trispinosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Subordo: Ophiurina

Familia: Ophiopyrgidae
Genus: Ophiopyrgoides
Species: Ophiopyrgoides trispinosus

Name

Ophiopyrgoides trispinosus (Koehler, 1904)

• Syntypes: MCZ OPH-3486 [1]; MNHN-IE-2013-10211 [2]; ZMA.ECH.O.2464 [3]; ZMA].ECH.O.2465 [4]; ZMA.ECH.O.2466 [5]; ZMA.ECH.O.2467 [6].

Synonymy

• Ophiopyrgus trispinosus Koehler, 1904: 30–31, pl. 5(1–3); — Vadon, 1991: 343–344, figs. 23–24.
• Ophiopyrgoides trispinosus (Koehler, 1904) H.L. Clark, 1939: 101; — O’Hara & Thuy, 2025: 24.

References

• Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. The John Murray Expedition 1933–34. Scientific Reports 6(2): 29–136. BHL.Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1904. Ophiures de l'expédition du Siboga. Part 1. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga Expeditie. E.J. Brill, Leiden. XLV: 1-176, 36 pl. BHL Reference page. 
• O’Hara, T.D. & Thuy, T. 2025. Seamount ophiuroids from the High Seas of the western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 5718(1): 1–88. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5718.1.1 . Reference page. 
• Vadon, C. 1991. Echinodermata: Ophiuridae profonds de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Formes paedomorphes. In A. Crosnier (ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol. 8. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 151(1): 335–356. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiopyrgoides trispinosus (Koehler, 1904) in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on January 14, 2026

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